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) ATTEND THE GREAT MEETING ON FEBRUARY 27th The Florence Daily Times • HE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESfc DISPATCHES VOL. XXV FLORENCE, S. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 25,1919 NO. 107 PRESIDENT WIISON CHALLENGES OPPONENTS OF LEAGUE WILL FIGHT FOR SOCIETY OF NATIONS AT HOME AS HE DID AROUND PEACE TABLE BEUEVES SENTIMENT OF AMERICAN PEOPLE ^ WILL BACKHIM UP Has Complete Faith in Country Which Has Stood the Test in Every Crisis.—Cheered At Every Turn block between Washington and Tre- mont streets, where, because of the narrow way, spectators were not al lowed to congregate. The national ar-ny, the navy, the State guard and the city police in lines on either side of the route torra- ed a guard of honor for the entire S Boston, Mass., Feb. 23—President Wilson will figM at heme as he has fought abroad for a league of nations. Returning from France, he hall been on American soil not more than t hree hours today before he threw down the gauntlet to those who distrust the pro posed concert of governments based, he said on the American ideals which jdiH ance of the drive. So effective had won the war for justice and ^wera the arrangements that not an un humanity. ipleasant incident occurred. And America confining to her own territories 'her conception 'and pun pose to make men free, he said, would have to keep her honor “for those narrow, selfish, provincial .purposes which seem so dear to some minds that have no sweep beyond their nearest horizon.” Before America Entered. Before a responsive audience that filled the biggest auditorium in the city, the President pictured the old world fighting with stubborn despera tion and expecting in the end nothing belter for the peoples than they had known for centuries. FROM THIRTIETH TENCH MORTAR BATTERY LEAV ES BREST. FOR NEWPOR NEWS. Charleston. Feb. 25—According to bfficlal information at the head puarlers of the Southeastern Depart ment of the Army, through Col. Law rence C. Brown, in charge of debarka tion arrangements here, the first unit of the Thirtieth Division, the One Hundred and Fil h Trench Mortar fBattery, is on shipboard and bound ffrom Brest for Newport News, Va. After debarking, the officers and en listed men will be distributed among three Southern camps. No informa tion with respect to the coming of other unhs of the Thirtieth is avail able here vet. The Thirtieth (“Old Hickory”) is composed of Tennessee, North Caro lina and South Carolina Nations Guardsmen and is one of the Ameri can divisions to which Field Marshal Haig gave credit for breaking the Hi'ndenburg Mne. The war depart ment recently announced the whole division had been listed for early re turn, hut gave no definite dates. Ppans are made tentatively to demo bilize the division at Camp Jackson, Columbia. SEINN FEINERS WANT THEIR OWN COURTS SEEK METHOD OF AVOIDING PAYMENT OF FEES TO GOV ERNMENT Dublin, Feb 25—The Sinn Feiners announce that they are establishing in Courts of Arbitration to He pictured the American nation 1 . egal b . usl “ es f; intended to entering the lists with a new pur- , ‘ he P lac e ot the King’s Courts. *' u ‘ By resorting to the Sinn Fein tribun- pose, the freedom of mankind. The old world had caugS; the vision, and als it is urged that the To Celebrate 100th ' Anniversary Honolulu, Feb. 24—The one hun dredth anniversary of the departure from Boslon of the first missionaries from the United States to the Sand wich Islands as they were then known, will be celebrated here on Oct 2J next. On that date in the war 1919 the brig Thaddenus, Captan Hun newell, sailed from Boslon tor Haw. aii. The vessel anchored at Kailua, Kona, Island of Hawaii, cn April 6, 1820 and the missionaries landed that day to begin their work of civilizing the natives and converting them to — wbivtu, uuu a v 0 i,i the navment nf The one. hundredth any treaty of peace drawn otherwise ltj h h JIh (V t0 i the Br ' ann,VRrt ary of that date, April 5, 1920. than in the new spirit would he noth of i awvprK q ®Lr n the * e , mployInent ialso win be celebrated under the aus- «n «^ 1 rs y c.r e . of „rs xt ^ ed thai. every sort of case from small debts to high court actions can be suc- ■cessfuily handled in the Sinn Fein Courts some of which are said to be already at work. No method has been provided by whicli the Sinn Fein c ous.s may enforce their decrees. ing more, hr asserted, than a “modem scrap of paper" and the present peace unless guaranteed by the united forces of the civilized world, could not stand a generation. Challenges Opponents. Bending over >the speaker’s table, his face set in tense Uses and his right hand clenched, the President ex claimed, “any man who thinks that America will take part in giving the world any such rebuff and disappoint ment as that does not know America. I invite him to test the sentiment of the nation.” Interrupted by applause the Presi dent halted and then evoked the greatest demonstration of the after noon when hr, added that he would accept no sweeter challenge than the issue of the American purpose in the war. T have fighting blood in me,’ he said with apparent feeling, and it is sometimes a delight to left it have scope, but if it is' a challenge on this occasion il will be an indulgence.” Must Be No Disappointment. At another point in his address, the President said that if the great hope of the world for a league of nations was disappointed he would wish “for my part never to have had America Play any part whatever in this at tempt to emancipate .the world. I have no more doubt of the verdict of America in th's matter than I have doubt of <the blood that is in me.” New England gave the President a rousing welcome home. This’ city probably never has seen a greater crowd, than gathered at every point of vantage along the route from Com. monwealth pier, to which the naval eutte.* Ossipee,brought the presiden tial party from the steamer George Washington, through the dow'n-town distritiis and around two sides of Bos’- ton Common to the Copley Piazza Hotel, where a stop wits made for luncheon. Cheered at Eevery Turn. At every turn the President was cheered. Hat in hand, he stood in his motor car throughout the two miles of (he parade except in one On October 23, this year, it is plan ned to mave an interchange of mess ages between the Hawaiian Board of Misions and the Board of Foreign Missions of Boston, which sent the first mislonaries to Hawaii 100 years ago. Thr.se who arrived in Hawaii on the Tbaddeus were Asa Thurston and Hirman Boingham orda.ined mission- arics. with their wives; Daniel Cham- berlain, Thomas’ Holmes, Samuel Laredo T,Y rih or , , I Whitney, Frnnuel Ruggles, Elisha businec - n ho* ^ 2C '— Am " ric an ! Loomis and four Hawaiians—Honoii, it.me.f m n have been preparing for Hopu and Kanui—who had received * m "«xican business since sme education at Corrw'ell Institute fnnri ^ h" 8 govermnff exportation of and George Humohumo. son of Kaum n a . nd gene rf’ SUPP 1 '** to Mevico |ualii, the King of the island of Kauai have been modified. Representatives The Hawaiians had been taken to the Business Men Look For Boom URGE SEIZJNGQF PRIVATE STOCKS AMENDMENT MAKES KEEPING LIQUOR FOR BEVERAGE PURPOSES PRISON OFFENSE Would Search Homes On Bare Suspicion * * Wets May Vote for Amendment to Get Even With the Drys. One Quart Allowed Washington. Feb. 25.-Confi 8 c a tion of every quart of liquor except that used as medicine and for export is now the aim of the ”drys.” I n the meeting of the House Judiciary Com mittee today to consider the revamp ed Barkley War Prohibition Act, n, developed that an effort is to be made to amend the bill so that whis Key, gin, etc., may not be kept m private premises for beverage pur poses. y “Or for beverage purposes,” CO m Thto 8 > the 11S n.° f the amen dment. This clause will be added to the see re° n n n de T rlbing aS a commo n nuisan ce any house where liquor Is “sold manufactured, kept or bartered ” persons owning such a house, the act Pi-ovides, shall be liable to fines o> l ° «•»»»• o- Imprison,^; of thirty days to a year, or both. Will Be Offered Today The amendment, it is understood, was ready to be offered at today’s meeting, but the Judiciary Committee adjourned before that section was reached. It will be offered at the meeting tomorrow morning. The “drys” threaten to carry it to the floor of the House in case it is de feated in Committee, saying they can put it through the House. This amendment is understood to be aimed frankly at individuals who, in anticipation of the coming dry era, have been stocking up their cellars. “Drys” here have received reports from all parts of the country that in dividuals have been laying away hun dreds of dollars’ worth of wines and whiskeys and have determined to get at these stores which, thev declare would tend ,o defeat the purpS, ^ 'Prohibitioh. "Wets” May Vo: e far" It A peculiar feature of the situation as regards this particular amendment ifi that some of the so called “wets” may turn In and vote for It. They take the attitude that many of the drys have laid in their own private supplies while advocating public Pro hibition and they ma v help vote the amendment through to “get with these “drys.” of scores of nationally known con cerns have paissed through this bop- oer city recently to arrange for estab- United Slates on trading vessels. Traders and whalers' had been visit ing Honolulu for some years befora isiung branch houses or distribu’ing the arrival of the missionaries but it M9 ? ,C ?' V ,fr0m , the ,atter event that the m °d business interests here believe that ern history of Hawaii dates within the next three months all spec-j Lorrin A. Thurston, a descendant la.export res rictions will be removed of one of tho first missionaries, lives and good* will pass into Mexico aa in Honolulu now. He is the publisher lively as before the Mexican distur-jof the Honolulu • • hances began. Recent modifications Advertiser. have been so exhaustive that the em | — bargees now cover only few commo- Pacific Commercial dities. Police Force Not Affected By Unionism SPARTACANS STILL HOLD MANNHEIM AUTO ASSOCIATION FAVORS MOVEMENT READY TO EXTEND ITS ASSIST ANCE TO FARMERS OF THE STATE. Greenville, Feb. 25—A. B. Carter, president of the South Carolina State Automobile Association, said today that the association Was heartily in sympathy with the campaign now be ing conducted by the South Carolina Cotton Association for a reduction in cotton acreage this year and that the good offices of the association had been tendered the fanners for the campaign. i i “Wliile tlio Automobile association was organized primarily for the pur pose of working for good roads and comforts' for the autmobilists”, said Mr. Carter in a. stu orient given out today, “We are also interested in anything that looks to 1 lie common good. We want not on’y better roads but better schools, betier health an' 1 ail other things that contribute to the happiness and prosper! y of our pec- pie. “Tho association is ir heartily sym Pathy with the efforts of the cotton association to have the farmers re duce their cotton acreage this yeai because it believes that. as Mr. J. Skottowe Wannamaker has said, it means; commercial freedom for the farmers’. There are many farmers in our association and quhe naturally they are cst intensely interested in this preposition. “I have communicated with Secre tary J. R. McGhee nf the S*f(te cotton associr/.ion and told him that the auto mobile association stands readv and willing to co-operate w’iMi him in any w'ay passible. He lias but to com mand us and our orcanization will help in any way it ran to rarrv stra'ght home fo th<> farmer teg eessity of his reducing his acreage this year." The Stale Aufom'-H’ j AsoriaMnr has clubs in over Jia'f '' r Hip r/V i n «f ON of the sta* e and new clubs a’v* h o in ,y organized/ daily. It w-is ann'^'meed today that a new club was organized las tweek at Clinton. MISSION GOES TO SETTLE DISPUTE INTER ALLIED MILITARY AUTH ORITIES TO STEP IN BETWEEN POLES AND CZECHS Paris, Feb. 25—The Inter Allten Military Mission to Poland left War saw for Prague to act as mediators even” | in the conflict between the Poles and Czech Slavs, according to a wireless FOR GOOD ROADS If this amendment goes through, [message received here some other word than fbone” wni have to be found to describe the dry An nnn • ■* GOVERNOR SPEAKS out tonight the only supply of liquor permissable would be liquor for medi cmal purposes, and the amount of liquor necessary for medicinal use is toft to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to decide. A man with more ‘'olarrbiu, Feb. 25—Governor Coop- than one quart of whiskey In his «r is expected to go before the Gener- nouse, this committeeman predicted,,. al Assembly tonight and addiess it in would have hard work convincing the ljf>in t session, urging the passage of Commissioner it was all to be used legislation looking to the comt ru ns i.iedicme. FiMhermonv after ?iis tion of permanent highways in the orgimal suppiy. laid in before the’State. Otto Mai' ;Ho.n.ele, personal I rohibition Act goes into effect, was (representative of Secretary of Interi- exhausted, he would have smaller Lane, addressed the State Commit Dublin. Feb. 25.-Six hundred men arian^rtl 1 !: aUf 1 mpt of Ba of »the Dublin Metropolitan Police f" fl ,ar<acan s to organize a revo force have joined the British National ' establifih a Soviet Union of Police and Prison Officials. rn, ^ n ' fai ed excr, Pt at Mann- The force altogether numbers about J b ® 8par ^ ans 8,i11 hold’that 1.200. Following the London police y wl,l ^ h ,s cut off from rest of strike they obtained recently vari, e countr J r - ous concessions. Though equally un-1 oi •«. * der the control of the government, oflCrill Alter TnOS6 Dublin police are less like a military force than the Royal Irish Constabu lary on which the maintenance of pub lic order throughout the country do thk •« « pends and the Constabulary are so._ ria J T_! lrca bas l 56011 active today chance of getting more for use as medicine. Provide Blank Forms. tee on the opening of new lands for soldiers. With Green Signs far unaffected by Trades Unionism., REDUCTION PLEDGE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of No. Acres Planted in 1918 . No. Acres Planted in 1919 I hereby promise on my honor and agree to reduce my cotton acreage for the year 1919 as compared with the year 1918, 33 1-3 per cent, or as per schedule shown hereon, and to reduce my commercial fertilizer on cotton I the year 1919 as compared with 1918, 50 per cent. led Address in rounding up the automobiles which bear the 1918 license tags. His list by this lime is over a yard long and those vvho are still “wearing the green” will hear something pop'in a few days. It is undenV.ood that war rants will be issued those who have not the 1919 license tag displayed on their cars. AUSTRIA ASKS FOR IMMEDIATE UNION WITH GERMANY County officials are continuing the The new Revenue Biiles requires f? arc J 1 th ® money stolen from the the seeker of whiskey for medicinal i Preatsureris office Saturday use to obtain blank forms‘from tho'I!!r Tw ° 1 of th '? Court House Janit Commissioner, fill out the blanks r,?^ 3 t a , re , um,ar arrcst tl,a rged with have his blank form certified b v a * L ^ ne of tbem Las confess- physcian and file with the Com » blU tae other stout| y maintains bis •missioner or an agent. If he does innocenco * not do all these things and some agent of the Commissioner susncct* him of having liquor in his house, and operative of the Department of Justice may, under the proposed am ondment, enter his house with a warrant sworn by the Commissioner’s agent. PORTERS CHARGED WITH BIG ROBBERY $1\000 OF RICHLAND COUNTY FUNbS HAS BEEN RE COVERED Two Negroes Are Arrested Parties Dug Into County Treasurers Vault and Took $20,000 or $30,000 Columbia. Feb. 25—Twelve tlious arid and fifteen dollars have been re "overed of the money robbed from tho count ytreasurer’s office here and two negro porters at the county court house have been arrested as implicated with the burglary. The money was located by John E. Rich ardson, chief of polire, who secured a confession out of Odell Thompson -me of the porters. He implicated he other porter, Henry Dock, who 'las been employed at the court house for the past 19 years. Ten thousand dollars of the money was found in a closet at the court house. The amount taken from the vault was probably betwen $20,000 and $30 000, according to early reports. P. B. Spigner, the county treasure" stated tonight that he would not be ■’ble to ascertain the exact amount of ‘he shortage until his books arc -'becked at the end of the month. Entrance was affected into the '’ault in the treasurer’s office by PRESIDENT WILSON NOW AT HIS DESK IN WASHINGTON UNDERSTOOD HE SIGNED SIX BILLION DOLLAR BILL A- BOARD THE TRAIN LAST’ NIGHT. MAKES DIS TRICT OF COLUM- BIA BONE DRY. Waslr'ngton, Feb. 25— The president arrived in Washington at five oclock thisf morning from Boston. He re- ma'ned on his train until eight forty and then drove to the White House. It was announced on his arrival the president had signed the Six Billion War revenue bill aboard the train last night. The measures carries a rider making the District of Columbia Bone Dry. NEW BAVARIAN PREMIER NAMED SVERVAL APPOINTMENTS IN NO'JNCED FOLLOWIG ASSAS SINATION OF LAST WEEK. Copenhagen, Feb. 23—Herr Scheid has been named Bavarian Premier in succession to Kurt Kimer who was assassinated last week. Herr Segitze. _. majority socialist has been appointed Hgging a hole through the brick wail! Bavari}m Minister of ihe Interior, with a carriage axle. The robbery ^uc'^eding Herr Auer, who was shot was discovered this morning when at Munich in the disorders there, ac- ‘he treasurer opened his office. If cor ^ing to Munich Dispatches to the vas early ascertained that it was an P°liliokc. 'aside job, as it was evident that the -obbery was consummated by some ■>ne familiar with the court house T he suspicion of the police was at ince fastened on the porters as they t were the only ones possessing a keyi ‘o the treasurer’s office, other than Treasurer Spigner himself. COMES OUT FOR THE DIVISION OF SHIPS ITALIAN NEWSPAPER PRINTS I PROTEST AGAINST SINKING OF GERMAN WAR DOGS TUIC CACV IMIJCV Feb. 25—A protest against | mo LnOI IYIUHLI the provisional sulking of the sur render German warships was printed by the Tribune today. The ROBBERY OF RICHLAND TREA8 newspaper ur ® es the dLstribution of the Warships proportionately among the Allies. URY PROVE TO BE SOFT SNAP Columbia, Feb. 25—The robbery of r( Sumter Gets ‘he county treasurer’s office herei he some time Saturday or Sunday night was probably the most successful that has been perpetrated in the state in recent years. And it is doubtful 'f robbers ever got $20,000 with less ^rouble. The vault which contained the wionev was built of soft brick which -mumbled readily before the wagon axle which was used as a battering 'am. A hole largo enough for a me dium sized man to get through was Veneer Plant Sumter, Feb. 25—Sumter has ai ways been knownfor the variety of manufacturing industries it has had ^without being a factor centre or bar >ng many extensive mills and now another kind of plant is to be added to the list. The veneer plants thj‘ have been operated by O. L. Will iams of Mocksville, N'. at that ... • 4 , place and at Camden are to be com dug into the wan 0 f the vault and. bined an( , nU)V( , (1 l() this c ,® ” Mus was all tha was necessary. The lot for llie plant haK beon purc £ ased money was not in a safe of any kind adjacent to Witherspoon Brothers but was lying on shelves inside of. Company, coffin factory, which con ‘he vault. It wouli. have been detains four and a half acres Mr- stroyed by fire in the case the court /Williams, who is well known in Sum house, which is itself a rather sorry building should have been burned down. It is probable that provisions will be made in the future for safeguard ing the money of the county—but it will he another ease of locking the stable after the horse is gone. HALF A MILLION HOME BY JULY .ARMY PLANS FOR QUICK RETURN OF SOLDIERS FROM ACROSS SEAS. Paris, Feb. 25—Nearly half a mil lion troops of tile American expedition ary Forces will either have returined home or be en route before July first according to plans of the General Staff announced today. RESOLUTIONS ARE PASSED RE QUESTING THAT COALITION RCOGNIZEO AT ONCE. Witness 191 Basel, Monday, Feb. 25—Immediate demonstrations favoring union with Germany Mere held in Vienna today. Resolutions were passed asking the , Weimar Assembly to recognize imme- ' dlately the union between Austria and Germany. SWEDEN DRIVES GEN. LUDENDORFF OUT FOREIGN OFFICE REFUSES TO EXTEND HIS PERMIT WHICH EXPIRED SUNDAY.' London, Feb 25—Genera! Ludeh dorff lef; Sweden for Germany on Sunday right, according to a Stock- linlm Despatch to the Exchange Tele graph Co. The Swedish Foreign of fice refused to extern! his permit to stay in Sweden, which exuiired ion Sunday. Men of Baptist Church In Meeting Tonight E’-ery male member of the First Bap'1st Church ts cordially invited and urged to atend -a get-to gether meeting in the Sunday School rooms of the church tonight at eight o’clock. German-j Tlie meeting will last only one hour. I Refreshments will be served. ♦ ; ♦ •C- FIRST UNIT OF 30TH + DUE HERE MAFN2H 3 ♦ Washington, Feb. 25—The ♦ ♦ first unit of tho Thirtieth Div: + ♦ sion, composed of Tennessee, ♦ .0* North Carolina and South Caro v ♦ lina troops due to arrive at New ♦ («,♦ pot News, March 3rd. on the ♦ ♦ battleship Michigan. This unit + ♦ is the 105th Tbench Mortar Bat + ♦ tery. There are six officers and ♦ ♦ 200 men. . + Mr. Livingston’s Successor There is much speculation as to who will succeed Ihe late John F. Livington as president of the Colum bio, Newberry and Laurens Railroad. The position is said to pay $10,000 a vear. Mr. Livington, was buried yes ‘erday afternoon in Elmwood Ceme tery, succeeded the late W. G ter, will arrive in a few days to see about the erection of the plant which will cost approximately $50,000. gome 150 hands will be employed by this industry. Col. Thompson Has Returned tu Florence Cci. Henry T. Thompson arrived in tlio city today from San Antonio. Tex. 1,where for several months at Cani|i Travis, he has' been in eommand of the 21st Battalion of United S ates (Guards. His rank during this service n V T i? ^as that of Major. Col Thompson had as president of the C.,N., and L. He niearlv a ihnuoiomi i„ r. v. n .4 n . bad previously been Mr. Child’s as sistant. House Meets Toniqht The Senate met last night after a M-eek end recess and the House will meet tonight. Both houss are tryimr to get through by Saturday nicht if not sooner. Those familiar with the 'status of legislation in both houses nrediet that it will be Saturday be fore final adjournment is taken. • ♦ NOW WILL YOU + ♦ BE GOOD. BOYS? * ♦Columbia, Feb. 25—The Sen + ♦ ate passed a bill pohibiting flirt ♦ ♦ ing with college girls. ♦ *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+ nearly a thousand men in his battal ion. His friends will be glad to learn .that he will continue to make this city his home. He has resumed his connection with the New York Life Insurance company. SAYS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED SWISS LEGATION IS GIVEN PASSAGE * * HUSIILIIIES BtTWEEN POLES AND UKANIANS WILL COME TO AN END. Warsaw, Feb. 25—The Polish For oign office received a telegram from Lemberg saying an epremnf. was reached there Sunday for the cessa tion of hostilities between the Poles' and Ukrainians, beginning Monday evening. MAY PASS THROUGH WITHOUT FEAR OF TATION. Berne, Feb. 23- ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦ '+ ♦ RUSSIAN /4> PREMIER CONVALESCENT + MOLES !<>__.Paris, Feb. 25—Premier Clem- ♦ + enceau’s progress is such that ♦ (♦-lie is classified as convalescent. ♦ The Swiss legation !♦ Latest reports continue to indi ♦ at Petrograd has been given free pass age through Russia by the Soviet gov eminent. They will leave for Berne Thursday. *♦ cate that he is improving ami ♦ ♦ will soon return to M’ork. + ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦